This statistic provides information on in-store mobile payment methods used by survey respondents in the United States in the 12 months leading up to the survey. During the December 2014 survey, it was found that 11.6 percent of in-store payment users had waved or tapped their mobile phone at a cash register in order to make a mobile payment.
When you used a mobile phone to pay for something at a store, have you used your phone in each of these different ways?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Scanned a barcode or QR code to make a mobile payment
28.6%
Used a mobile app that doesn't require tapping the phone at a chash register or scanning a barcode to pay for a purchase
18.6%
Waved or tapped my mobile phone to pay at check out (e.g. Google Wallet or Apple Pay)
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Federal Reserve. (March 26, 2015). When you used a mobile phone to pay for something at a store, have you used your phone in each of these different ways? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/244312/mobile-payment-usage-methods-in-the-us/
Federal Reserve. "When you used a mobile phone to pay for something at a store, have you used your phone in each of these different ways?." Chart. March 26, 2015. Statista. Accessed April 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244312/mobile-payment-usage-methods-in-the-us/
Federal Reserve. (2015). When you used a mobile phone to pay for something at a store, have you used your phone in each of these different ways?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244312/mobile-payment-usage-methods-in-the-us/
Federal Reserve. "When You Used a Mobile Phone to Pay for Something at a Store, Have You Used Your Phone in Each of These Different Ways?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244312/mobile-payment-usage-methods-in-the-us/
Federal Reserve, When you used a mobile phone to pay for something at a store, have you used your phone in each of these different ways? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244312/mobile-payment-usage-methods-in-the-us/ (last visited April 30, 2025)
When you used a mobile phone to pay for something at a store, have you used your phone in each of these different ways? [Graph], Federal Reserve, March 26, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/244312/mobile-payment-usage-methods-in-the-us/
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